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Rents Dip (Slightly), Notes Yardi

Rents decreased $1 to $1,420 in October 2018, a second straight month of decline. The 3.3% year-over-year rent growth for the month was unchanged from September, according to a survey of 127 markets from Yardi Matrix. The overall slowdown follows an anticipated seasonal trend. Rent gains have accelerated in warm-weather markets such as Las Vegas, … Read more...

Hunt, Freddie Complete Multifamily Refi

Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a conventional Freddie Mac multifamily loan in the amount of $14.9 million to refinance a multifamily property in Hayward, Cal. Paraiso Apartments is a 63-unit, garden-style apartment complex comprised of four, two-story residential buildings. All of the units are two-bedroom and two-bathroom apartments. The property was built in 1962… Read more...

Walker & Dunlop Fund Florida Housing Community

Walker & Dunlop Inc. provided a $74,746,000 Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Fairways Country Club, an Orlando-based five-star manufactured housing community for seniors aged 55 and above. Walker & Dunlop's Will Baker, William Shell and Doug McDaniel led the team in arranging a 10-year, fixed-rate loan for their longstanding client, Hometown America LLC.… Read more...

Venture Fund Targets Early Stage Real Estate Companies

Real Estate Technology Ventures has closed an early stage venture fund focused on making investments in technology for the multifamily industry. Real Estate Technology Ventures I is a $108 million venture fund that invests in technology for the multifamily industry. “We want to identify innovative companies founded by strong entrepreneurs that will help our limited… Read more...

Investment Partnership Lands Multifamily Complex

Liquid Capital Real Estate Partners and Wilson Investment Properties have acquired a $51.2M, 45-acre multifamily complex in Norcross, Ga. The Fields at Peachtree Corners is a garden-style apartment community comprised of 41 residential buildings offering a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, totaling just under 500,000 square feet. The strategy is to drive rent… Read more...

Fannie Bets on Affordable Housing

Fannie Mae will invest up to $145 million in three low-income housing tax credit funds in a bid to provide capital for affordable rental housing in underserved rural markets. The new funds are Cinnaire Fund for Housing LP 33, Ohio Equity Fund for Housing LP XXVII, and MHEG Fund 50 LP. "Fannie Mae plays an… Read more...

TD Bank Finances Development for Veterans

TD Bank has committed to finance the latest phase of Valley Brook Village, a development that will create 50 additional units of affordable rental apartments with onsite support services for homeless and disabled veterans. The bank has provided a $6 million construction loan to the Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative Inc. and Peabody Properties Inc.… Read more...

Freddie Selects Next Head of Multifamily from Within

Freddie Mac has appointed Deborah Jenkins executive vice president and head of its multifamily business, effective immediately. Jenkins also has assumed a role as member of the company’s senior operating committee. “Debby’s transition into her role as head of the multifamily business has progressed very well, and I am pleased to announce that she will… Read more...

Commercial Real Estate Strong Through Year-end

The commercial real estate market is expected to be strong through year-end. "Our latest Sentiment Index finds commercial real estate industry leaders experiencing continued positive market conditions and cautiously predicting solid performance into 2019,” said Jeffrey DeBoer, president and CEO of the Real Estate Roundtable, discussing the results of the organization’s Q4 2018 Economic Sentiment… Read more...

Employment Increases Continue on Torrid Pace

The Department of Labor reported that employment hit a record high of 156,562,000 in October. There were 250,000 new jobs added, or 4.5 million new jobs since November 2016, with gains recorded across all industries. For the second straight month, the unemployment rate is 3.7%, the lowest rate since 1969. Six times this year, the… Read more...

Walker and Dunlop Acquires iCap

Walker and Dunlop Inc. has acquired iCap Realty Advisors, a mortgage banking firm that provides debt placement solutions for all commercial real estate asset classes. iCap services approximately $2 billion of loans on behalf of life insurance companies, substantially all of which will be added to Walker and Dunlop's servicing portfolio before year end. iCap's… Read more...

Walker and Dunlap Close Multifamily Deals in Atlanta

Walker and Dunlop Investment Sales LLC has closed the sale of Stadium Walk and Overlook at Huntcrest, two multifamily properties located in Atlanta. The two transactions were completed on behalf of Brand Properties for around $133 million. Since the Great Recession, Atlanta’s suburban renter base has grown faster than any other suburbia or city center… Read more...

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